The story
Founded by Ministry of Communications of the USSR in 1967.1
In 1965-1967, 20 Orbita Earth stations were built and put into operation in the eastern regions of the USSR, which were used to broadcast central television programs. November 4, 1967, when broadcasts of central television programs in the Orbita system became regular, is considered the company's birthday. In 1968, by order of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, the Space Communications Station was established, which was then transformed into the state enterprise Space Communications. On April 19, 2001, GPKS received the status of a federal state unitary enterprise (RSCC).
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